15 Celebrities Who Got Banned From Entire Countries

Pfft. Celebrities. They think they can just get away with anything, don’t they? To be fair, we have given them plenty of reason to believe that. All they’ve got to do is text their publicist with instructions to release a statement that they are really sorry or whatever, and they can get right back to drunkenly flying a private jet made entirely out of endangered species somewhere it would take five minutes to drive.

But that only works on people who have had scantily clad posters of you taped up on their bedroom walls since they were 13. Some countries have made it their business to give famous people the business, by which we mean not giving them their business. Sometimes, it’s for boring reasons like technically being a criminal or forgetting weed is not legal everywhere, but it can be anything from wearing the wrong flower to doing a racism.

15 The Beatles - Missing a Brunch

1966 The Beatles were banned from the Philippines During a tour stop, they had been scheduled without their knowledge to meet the first lady and several other officials. When they didn't show, she was so mad she forbade them from ever returning. CRACKED — *Capitol Records*
Showbiz CheatSheet

14 Snoop Dogg - Being Too Rich

2012 Snoop Dogg was banned from Norway Не was carrying several thousand dollars on him, which was several thousand more than the legal limit. Не also had some weed on him, which come on, Snoop. At this point, you know how to hide it. CRACKED — *Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock*
*The Local*

13 Alec Baldwin - Making a Joke

2009 Alec Baldwin was banned from the Philippines Baldwin joked on Letterman that he thought about getting a Filipina mail-order bride, and apparently, the country doesn't appreciate those kinds of jokes. To be fair, he implicated Russia in sex trafficking, too. CRACKED — *Vahan Stepanyan/Shutterstock*
GMA News Online

12 Brad Pitt - Acting in a Movie

1997 Brad Pitt was banned from China. It didn't matter that Pitt said he knew nothing about Tibet before agreeing to spend Seven Years there. Не took the job, and that meant he wasn't getting any authentic dim sum. CRACKED — *Andrea Raffin/Shutterstock*
*Interview Magazine*

11 Katy Perry - Wearing a Dress

CRACKED 2017 S Katy Perry was denied entry to China. At a 2015 concert, she'd worn a dress printed with sunflowers, the symbol of the Taiwanese resistance. It was likely an innocent coincidence, though she also wore the Taiwanese flag, but she probably didn't know what that was, either. — *Tinseltown/Shutterstock*
*The Guardian*

10 Lindsay Lohan - Making a Movie

2010 Lindsay Lohan was unwelcome in India Lohan violated immigration law by filming a documentary on a tourist visa (and the laws of good taste by falsely claiming to have saved children from sweatshops). To be fair, no one expected Lindsay Lohan to be working in 2010. CRACKED — *Jaguar PS/Shutterstock*
*Hindustan Times*

9 Fred Durst - Loving Russia

2015 Smarty Fred Durst was banned from Ukraine Durst is apparently way into Russia, announcing his intention to buy a house in Crimea and get a Russian passport. It turns out he did it for the shchi. CRACKED — *bahadir aydin/Shutterstock*
BBC

8 DJ Zedd - Liking a Tweet

2019 DJ Zedd was banned from China. Zedd liked a tweet from the official South Park account announcing their 300th episode, which you might notice has nothing to do with China, but the country and the cartoon got beef. CRACKED — *Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock*
*Variety*

7 Miley Cyrus - Doing a Racism

2009 Miley Cyrus was banned from China. A photo resurfaced on the internet of Cyrus seeming to mock an Asian friend by pulling her own eyelids to the side, so the country banned not just her but everything she's ever made, which seems super fair. No one likes a Disney hate crime. CRACKED — *Jaguar PS/Shutterstock*
NME

6 Claire Danes - Doing a BIG Racism

1998 Claire Danes was banned from the Philippines After filming Brokedown Palace in the country during a break from Yale, she said the place smelled like cockroaches and complained that she saw people with, like, no arms, no eyes, no legs, no teeth, which is why you don't let Ivy League students visit other countries. CRACKED — *Everett Collection/Shutterstock*
*Chicago Tribune*

5 Anthony Bourdain - Wandering Off

RK 2017 Anthony Bourdain was banned from Azerbaijan Bourdain really tested the premise of his show, Parts Unknown, by visiting an off-limits part of the country, just like when you got 86'd for sneaking backstage at Chuck E. Cheese. CRACKED — *stock_photo_world/Shutterstock*
The Washington Post

4 Justin Bieber - Causing "Public Discontent"

2017 Justin Bieber was banned from China. The Beijing Bureau of Culture stated that His inappropriate manner has caused public discontent, and purifying the market environment required keeping him out. In other words, he's a messy bitch and they're not here for it. CRACKED — *Jack Fordyce/Shutterstock*
*People*

3 Akon - Dancing in Front of a Buddha Statue

2010 1 D. Akon was banned from Sri Lanka In the music video known as either Sexy Bitch or Sexy Chick depending on how owned-by- Disney your radio station is, the women in question could be seen dancing in front of a buddha statue (which Akon said he didn't even know was there), offending the country. CRACKED — *Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock*
*The Guardian*

2 Miley Cyrus - Acts Which Are “Punishable By Dominican Law”

2014 Bouthe Miley Cyrus was banned from the Dominican Republic It wasn't the twerking but rather incitement to sex, especially lesbian sex. We've found no evidence that she invited fans to Bangerz onstage, but we're definitely mad if we missed it. CRACKED — *Press Line Photos/Shutterstock*
*Los Angeles Times*

1 Cat Stevens - Having a Name

2004 Cat Stevens was denied entry to the U.S. Stevens' legal name, Yusuf Islam, somehow ended up on the no-fly list, based on some relationship between the name and the terrorists' activity. Homeland Security refused to elaborate, but we're guessing it was the Islam part. CRACKED — *Bryan Ledgard/Shutterstock*
CNN

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